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1800. Carta de Juan Ximénez Llamas, presbítero de la villa de Belmonte, para Juan Manuel de Alcantud, franciscano descalzo.

Author(s)	Juan Ximénez Llamas
Addressee(s)	Juan Manuel de Alcantud
In English	Letter from Juan Ximénez Llamas, a presbyter from Belmonte, to Juan Manuel de Alcantud, a barefoot Franciscan. The author informs Juan Manuel de Alcantud about the last events of the Blessed María Isabel Herráiz, since there has been commotion among her detractors. Following an accusation for «alumbrados» against María Isabel Herráiz, the Blessed of Villar del Águila, a trial took place between 1802 and 1808. The trial broadened to include many other people accused of being complicit in her delusions. Maria Isabel Herráiz believed that Jesus Christ was within her and, as a result, she would not take communion. Some of the other accused stated that they could see Jesus as a child appearing on her chest. When she renounced the faith she admitted her mistakes. All the signs, visions and revelations she had received as true and given by God, were the work of an evil spirit. She also blamed this evil spirit for tricking her into believing that the Lord had materialized in her body in order to accomplish an overall reformation and to establish a new apostleship. She declared she had to die in Rome and ascend into heaven three days afterwards, and these facts were announced in the Apocalypse and other sacred books. Maria Isabel Herráiz also argued that the Devil was to blame for all these thoughts, since her imagination had been transformed and warmed by him. She admitted that her accomplices were looked for and incited by her. In her statement, she argued that she did not make a pact with the Devil, but she was possessed by him. Furthermore, she admitted to allowing worship of herself, although she insisted it was all a diabolical artifice. According to her, she was blameless regarding the uproar in the village. Apparently there were disturbances among her followers, the «endiablados». On the upper margin of folio 28r there is an annotation that reads: "From the priest Llamas to Alcantud" and "December the 11th 800". If there is no translation for the letter itself, you may copy the text (while using the view 'Standardization') and paste it to an automatic translator of your choice.

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~~Ave Maria Purissima~~

~~Mi Mas estimado y querido P Lector:~~ ~~He recibido la de Vm con la adjunta, y me alegro de su salud, y de la paz, y sosiego qe no dudo tendra en su corazon, no obstante los motivos qe ay para alterarlo:~~ Hemos hecho la Novena, y funcion de nra Madre Purissima con felizidad pero con muchos ruidos, y Alborotos del enemigo, qe ademas de las consabidas se ha puesto en otras para exercitarlas, manifestando publicamente su rabia, y oposicion contra esta obra, una de ellas ha sido el tio Guardia, qe se ha puesto como el Cojo en sus principios, tan furioso, y desatinado, qe era largo el referir las cosas, qe han ocurrido, y tan publico, qe aun en la Yglesia em medio del mayor concurso saltaba con las suyas: Los designios del Sr en esto me parece son claros: pues de esto ha resultado una commocion Gl en las gentes ,qe estaban atemorizadas, una assistencia qual nunca al Novenario tanto por la mañana como por la noche, y nuebas conversiones aun de aquellos qe al parecer estaban mas lexos de creer estas cosas; Y lo mas particular, qe lo mas de la gente, aun los hombres se esperaban hasta qe salia N. para acompañarla hasta su casa, tanto qe para evitar atropellos tuve algunas noches, qe assistir para contener las gentes, qe a porfia andaban para acercarse, y besarle la mano; ~~Mal viene esto con el reglamto del papel de los Sres, que aun no he recibido.~~ ~~En mi mano no esta el contener estas cosas,~~ ~~solo puede el qe las muebe.~~ ~~Lo de Guardia solo ha durado la furia unos quantos dias,~~ ya esta en su tono regular, pero mucho mas fervoroso, pues dexando otras cosas particulares, qe ha tenido, se le manifesto el Sr en el pecho de N. con tanta claridad, y certeza, qe aunque se ofrezca poner la cabeza por asegurarlo esta dispuesto para ello. ~~El Cojo ha tenido la misma manifestacion, y esta cada dia mas famoso.~~

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